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- 24 February 2012
  01:04
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Metropolitan Volodymyr is a spiritual leader, not a manager’ Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) stated in an interview to Day newspaper that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is not indifferent to the developments “in the family of our brethren,” the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate. “The Primate of a church is very often evaluated according to his effectiveness in governing. These are...
- 20 February 2012
  02:08
- Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk visits “political Berlin” On Friday, February 17, His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited “political Berlin.” The first stage of the visit was a meeting at the Federal Office of the Chancellor of Germany. Then the Primate of the UGCC visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and finally visited the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. In conversations with senior...
- 19 February 2012
  05:22
- Exhibit of portraits of disadvantaged children presented in Ternopil A photography exhibition “Happiness Is...?” about disadvantaged children and young people, who for over 10 years have been cared for by the international charitable foundation Caritas Ukraine, will open on February 20 in Ternopil. The exhibit, consisting of dozens of photos, will be presented at the Peremoha Ukrainian House from February 20 to March 5....
- 16 February 2012
  10:46
- UGCC head points to uncontrolled developments in Ukraine According to Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, today, in Ukraine, we are going through a very complex period in the history of our state and the church, in particular its presence in the state. Certain developments are taking place which appear to be uncontrolled, and we do not know what to expect tomorrow. The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church...
- 16 February 2012
  10:42
- Head of the UGCC meets with representatives of charitable organization Renovabis On February 13, during his visit to Germany, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk met with representatives of the charitable organization Renovabis. The meeting began with a visit to the Freising Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
- 16 February 2012
  11:58
- Head of UGCC to seminarians in Eichstätt: ‘I want you to be good shepherds’ During his visit to Germany, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Church Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), on February 13-14, visited the city Eichstätt. The purpose of his visit was to get closer acquainted with the only in Catholic university in Germany (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt) and the Oriental College (Collegium Orientale). The head of the UGCC...
- 15 February 2012
  01:01
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav meets with Ukrainian community of UGCC in Munich (+ audio) As part of his pastoral visit to Germany, carried out at the invitation of the charitable organization Renovabis, on February 11, 2012, His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited the UGCC community in Munich. The head of the UGCC met about 15 priests who came from almost all over southern Germany, four hierarchs, and representatives of the Ukrainian community and...
- 14 February 2012
  10:25
- Bishop Mykhail Koltun: ‘Prison does not solve the problem of the consequences of crime, and often becomes a place where lawlessness is multiplied’ Prison does not solve the problem of the consequences of crime, and often becomes a place where lawlessness is multiplied and becomes only vengeance and the exclusion of “us” from “them,” Bishop Mykhail Koltun, the head of the UGCC Department for Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on Sunday, February 12, on the occasion of the Day of Special...
- 13 February 2012
  10:24
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav begins visit to Germany On February 11, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church started a visit to Germany. During the week, he is to meet with leading representatives of the Catholic Church in Germany, heads of the charitable organizations Renovabis, Church in Need, Caritas Germany, celebrate hierarchical liturgies in the parishes of the UGCC in...
- 13 February 2012
  10:43
- UGCC begins year of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj During the Synod of Bishops, held from February 8–9, 2012, in retreat center of the Lviv Archeparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Bryukhovychi (near Lviv), began the Year of Remembrance of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj in honor of the 120th anniversary of his birth, which is celebrated on February 17. This is stated in the message of the Synod of...
- 12 February 2012
  12:48
- Catholic Bishops of Ukraine commemorate Patriarch Josyf Slipyj in the Cathedral of St. George in Lviv (+ audio) “This year, on February 17, we commemorate the 120th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj. Today with this common prayer at the Liturgy we begin the year of remembrance of a great son of our Church,” Lubomyr Husar, Archbishop Emeritus of the UGCC, said February 8, 2012, in the Cathedral of St. George, in Lviv....
- 09 February 2012
  02:18
- Institute of Church History as part of international project ‘Memory of the Nations’ to present information on UGCC underground The Institute of Church History has joined the international project “Memory of the Nations” This Internet portal is creating archives of testimonies of survivors of the Communist and Nazi totalitarian regimes. The institute has posted four interviews on the portal to present various aspects of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the underground....
- 07 February 2012
  11:54
- New UGCC Catechism “Christ Is Our Easter” presented in Rome On February 4, 2012 in Rome the new Catechism of the UGCC “Christ Is Our Easter” was presented to clergy, monastics, and students and on February 5 to the Greek Catholic laity living in and around Rome.
- 07 February 2012
  05:30
- Representatives of UGCC take part in International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference The 23rd International Military Chiefs of Chaplains Conference of NATO countries ended on Feb. 3 in Sarajevo. The event was attended by 63 participants from 27 countries. Ukraine was represented by the Department of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, namely, the head of the...
- 04 February 2012
  10:20
- Head of UGCC: UCU has best school of theology in post-Soviet space The head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, on February 2 celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic University: “I am with you to ask for all the blessings of God for a new school semester.” The head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, on February 2 celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic University: “I am...

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We can imagine what the prayer of the prisoners in the Russian torture centers in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region was like – Head of the UGCC on the 206th day of the war 17 September

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